Ticket To Ride: Abbey Road station notice Beatles tribute goes viral

Fans of The Beatles arriving at the capital’s wrong Abbey Road are being directed to the right location thanks to a helpful sign from Transport for London (TfL).

Scores of tourists have been turning up at the Abbey Road station in West Ham expecting to find the iconic zebra crossing made famous by the renowned Liverpool band.

However the real crossing, featured on the cover of the band’s 1969 album of the same name, is actually 10 miles away in St John’s Wood.

To help ease the confusion, TfL have created a light-hearted notice featuring some of The Beatles’ most famous song titles.

The Abbey Road sign (Picture: TfL)

The notice was spotted by freelance music journalist Tom Hasson who posted it on Twitter before it went viral.

TfL told Metro.co.uk it hopes Beatles fans who end up at the station will be able to see the funny side of their wrong location mistake.

‘Some visitors to London have been taking the name of the DLR station as indicating the location of the Abbey Rd recording studio made famous by the Beatles and their album, Abbey Road,’ a spokesman said.

‘This poster displayed at the station will help them find their way to where they want to be.

‘We hope the humour in it may help alleviate their dismay at finding themselves so far off course as they realise they are not the only ones to have made the mistake.’